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Chapter 28

ARO

He trudged through the snow, muttering. While he was a vampire, having blizzards hit at him at fast speeds was far from pleasant. His cloak had shielded him from most of it, but now, now it melted and made the coat soaked. He even saw icicles forming on it. Did they have to pick such a location for information? He could see the rest of the guard wasn't too happy either. They were use to the warm Italian sun in Volterra, not blizzards in the middle of the summer. He wondered how Jane, Alec, Felix and Demetri were faring. With the four of them, surely, they would be able to protect the girls. He frowned, what concerned him was the immortal child. How had he escaped detection for so long? Were there people involved in hiding him? They would have to be killed or….to say… "punished". Well, all those except those with the gifts he wanted. They could atone for their errors by serving in the Volturi.

"Master. We have found the location." Santiago came, running up to him.

"Where?"

"About 10 miles ahead of us." He replied.

"Guards?" Caius asked, cracking his knuckles. Aro could see he was frustrated. Caius was….being Caius. He didn't really like talking about emotions, especially not by force.

"1."

"Just one?" he said in surprise.

"Just one, Master." Santiago confirmed.

"They left one to guard information regarding a rebellion?" Marcus mused.

"Most likely this is information only. The rest of their army would be with the Romanian traitors." Caius glared.

"Right. Then let's go retrieve it." Aro replied, "Then I will contact Jane and the rest for them to join up with us."

"Will it be enough time to retrieve the girls?" Heidi asked.

"It will be enough. They only wanted to tell us about the Romanians." Aro said, "They do not plan to harm the girls. Afterall, they are under Volturi protection."

"We're wasting time." Caius hissed, "The faster we get this over with, the faster I can leave this blasted barren ice land."

Aro grinned, "It's just like you brother to say that. Are you desperate to get back to the castle?"

"Shut up, Aro."

ARIA

Ari stretched out on the bed before her, sighing. "Ahh, this is the life." She sighed happily, "We're back in the hotels. As much as I love airplanes and first-class seats, they just can't beat a real bed."

Cassie sat down beside her, "Go take a shower or a bath. Whatever you want, I'm sure you're tired." She mused quietly beside Ari. "I'm going to order food in the meantime, is there anything you want?"

"We're ordering food into our hotel room? Aww, I wanted to go exploring. We're in Tokyo, Japan. C'mon Cassie!"

"You're not tired?"

"I can shower later. Let's go." She sat up, stretching.

Cassie shrugged, "Are you okay with that, Mara?"

Mara paused from her unpacking, "I'm fine. I've done some research on the plane on best places to eat. Do you have a preference as to what?"

"Sushi?" Ari offered.

"I was thinking omelette rice." Cassie replied.

Ari looked over to Cassie, giggling. "Okay, let's go with omelette rice then." She replied, "But tomorrow, for lunch, we're definitely having sushi."

Cassie made a face, "I'm not eating sashimi. Or anything raw."

"You're okay with eating beef half-raw, but you won't eat seafood raw? Oh Cassie, my dear friend, you are one unique character."

Cassie turned red, "Aww, shut it, Ari. Remember that time where I choked on raw fish? Never again will I eat raw fish or any raw seafood. I'll stick to my regular cucumber, cooked shrimp, fried egg, and countless other cooked or vegetable sushi."

Ari sighed, "But you'll miss out on so many types of sushi." She protested quietly, grinning.

"Ari, as much as I love you and Mara, if you dare trick, prank or force me to eat raw seafood, I will guarantee that you will wake up to find that you have a new pet spider."

Ari shuddered, "You wouldn't."

Cassie gave her a feral grin. "Try me."

"Got it. No prank." She promised.

"Ready to go?" Mara asked, standing up. "I've unpacked all our clothes. Oh that reminds me, we need to contact our families soon. While we do have 200 grand, thanks to Cassie, that won't last us forever, considering the price of this hotel room." She added, "And we need more funds if we're to shop as well."

"I'm going to go out and buy myself a life-size Ren plushie." Ari grinned, "Ahhhhh. Rennnnn."

"You. EWWWW." Cassie stuck her tongue out, disgusted. "Tokiya is the way to go."

"Please. I like Playboy Ren better." She swooned, "Ahh, his Lady."

Mara sighed, chuckling, "And they wonder why we take forever to get out of our hotel room, nevertheless, a country." She mused, "It's because we're so random and we can talk for forever. Now up, I'm sure you're hungry."

"Hey, I wonder if they'll let us into the host clubs around here?" Ari mused out loud.

"Of course not! We're underage!" Cassie retorted.

"But….we can get fake ID cards and passports, right?"

Mara sighed, this was going to be a long (and most likely illegal with where their conversations were leading them) day for them.

Nicholas

Nicholas shut the door to his room. Well, their room. He had the luxury of sharing it with 3 other vampires. They had insisted since they didn't need sleep, they didn't really need many rooms. They only had a room for visual purposes. It would have been weird for 3 grown men, one small child and 3 teenage girls to be sharing 3 rooms in a suite. So they had rented two suites, one for the girls and one for the men as they called themselves (he had chuckled when he thought of Yale who looked far from a man, and in response, Yale had punched him in the stomach for that). "Well, gentlemen," he started, earning the attention of everyone in the room, "Being on a plane for so long, I need a break. I'm going out to feed. Who is staying to guard?"

"The girls will be going out to eat." Brecken replied, "So two of us will go accompany them. The other two go feed and come back."

"Seems simple enough. Who needs to feed immediately?" Nicholas asked.

Adam raised his hand, "Sorry. I drink a lot of blood. I feed constantly." He muttered, "And…well…. Using my gift makes me even more thirsty."

Nicholas nodded, "Very well." He replied, "Brecken? Yale? Do you need to feed?"

"I will go with Yale." Brecken replied, "So we will go guard the girls first. I am controlling Yale's thirst, he'll be okay for now. Nicholas, you should go feed first. Your eyes are very black."

Nicholas swallowed, feeling that burn in the back of his throat, he pushed thoughts of blood trickling down his throat into the back of his mind, frowning, "Are you sure, you'll be okay?"

"Yes. Go feed you idiot." Yale interrupted. "I'll go see how they're doing." He went over, knocking on the conjoined door. "Aria? Cassie? Mara?" Silence greet them, causing Yale to frown, he knocked harder, "Aria? Cassie? Mara?" Silence again. "What the? I heard them just moments ago!" Turning, he grabbed the plastic key card on the dresser, "I'll go and see if they're in."

He went outside, and turned to their door, sliding in the key. He went inside, shutting the door, as he did a brief search. They were nowhere to be seen. Damn. Had someone kidnapped them already? Did….did the Volturi come? He went to the conjoined door, unlocked it, and knocked, causing Nicholas to open the door.

"Did you find them?"

Yale shook his head, "They're not here." He swallowed.

"What?!" Nicholas hissed, he disappeared momentarily as he zoomed through their suite, looking for them. Brecken and Adam had gotten up in the process, and stood at the door warily. "Where did they go?"

"My guess is for food. They must have went to look for food."

"And they didn't think to tell us because….?"

He shrugged, "Hunger gets the best of most people?"

"Great. Now we have to find them." Nicholas narrowed his eyes, "There are so many scents here. Do you know how hard it'll be?"

"There are four of us."

"No. Two of us will go feed. Two of us will go look." Nicholas replied. "If we focus on finding them, we won't have to go feed. If we can't control ourselves around them, we will be in deep trouble."

"Got you, but don't you have their phone numbers?"

"We….I don't think we ever got their numbers…"

"We need to make sure we do that immediately once we find them."

"Nicholas, you and Adam should go feed." Yale frowned. "Your eyes are even darker than before."

Nicholas lifted a hand up to his chin, almost touching his eyelid. "Are they?" he mused. "Very well. I will go feed now. It should take no longer than 30 minutes, maybe an hour, depending on how thirsty we are. And we do need to dispose of the bodies."

"Awww, man, I haven't disposed of bodies for a while now, I was kind of hoping I wouldn't have to do it anymore." Adam sighed, "I thought my lower guard-rank days were over."

"We're wasting time. Go." The vampires dispersed, silence enveloping the hotel rooms, with the exception of the clock going tick-tock-tick-tock.

ARI

Ari sat down at the table, smiling at the waiter. This was a nice restaurant. It had a nice home-y feeling to it, and…it was kind of crowded. So the food was probably really good. She was handed a menu, as she flipped it open, she frowned. There was little English, if English was evident at all. "Umm, can you help me with this?" she whispered to Mara. "I can't read even if my life depended on it."

Mara gave her a grin, "Told you should have studied Japanese." She told her, "But no, you decided on German."

"Mara! And I know some Japanese….from watching anime…"

"Geez, fine. What are you in the mood for?"

"Ummm, didn't Cassie say she wanted omelette rice?"

"There are other things beside omelette rice on here."

"Oh. Well. I'll just go with omelette rice."

"All right, and you Cassie?"

"I came here for omelette rice." She fumed. "Man, I knew I should have studied Japanese! But nooo! I decided to learn Spanish."

"You had your reasons." Mara replied. "Wasn't it to help further your family business? You told us you had some business dealings with the mafia in Spain."

"Well, yeah, but I'm pretty sure one of my brothers could have been in charge of that transaction."

"It's good experience." Mare replied firmly. "Stop blaming yourself. You two can learn Japanese another time."

Ari sighed, "Yeah right. After I learn like the billion other languages on my list of to-do."

"What's the next language?"

"I think Thai."

"Oooh. Going Thai. You know, we should go to Thailand next."

Ari shrugged, "Maybe." She replied, "Mara! Order! HURRRYY! I'm hungry!" she also noticed the waiter had been standing there, slightly nervous. She gave him a small smile to reassure him.

Mara spoke a couple of words in Japanese to him, nodding every now and then, pointing as he nodded and scribbled onto a small notepad. She caught words like "omurice" and "arigatou", but couldn't understand what they were saying much. The waiter read the order one more time, earning a nod from Mara as he left to place their order. Turning, Mara smiled, "It's been ordered."

Cassie whistled, "You're amazing."

Mara sighed, pinching her the skin between her eyebrows, "Perhaps, if you two stopped talking about random things and going off to play…"

"Hey! That's mean, Mara! Ari pouted.

"Well, it's true. Perhaps if you studied more. I know that sports such as skydiving and horseback riding is important, but studies are just as important…"

"Aww, you just hate sports, Mara! Remember that horse that bucked you off it's back?" Cassie chuckled, "I don't think you ever really rode a horse by yourself again."

"I just make sure to have someone with me incase something happens." She paused, "That and that I'm riding a gentle horse."

Cassie snorted, "That's weak! You got to ride the wild horses! They're the best!"

"Don't be ridiculous. The last time I listened to you we ended up stranded in the woods, stuck in the trees because we parachuted at the wrong time."

"That was a mistake. An accident. A one time thing."

"That and the time where you suggested that we go camping in the forest and we ended up sleeping in a tree all night because we attracted bears to our camp since we roasted your precious one hundred dollar-per-ounce steak."

"That was a one-time mistake."

"Ahh, yes, your in-famous one-time mistake thing again." Mara chuckled. "That and the time where—"

"Okay. Enough." Ari interrupted. "Foods here."

"FOOOOODDDDDD!" Cassie howled. "Yeah! Yeah! Food!" She smiled as the waiter put the food down before her. "Thanks." She told him.

"Yeah! Thanks! Looks very good!" Ari agreed.

"Arigatou!" Mara replied.

The man nodded, "P-Please enjoy your meal." He replied to them in English, with a slight accent. He bowed, leaving them to enjoy their meal in peace.

1 HOUR LATER

Ari sat back, "Ahh, I'm full!" she smiled happily, rubbing her tummy.

Cassie had a toothpick in her mouth, "Ready to leave?"

"I think we're done." Mara replied, raising her hand, "Bill!"

The same waiter came over, with a slip of paper, Mara took one glance at it and took out some money. She paid the man as they stood up. "It was good food." Ari told him.

The man paused, thinking at her words, "Thank You." He replied in English.

Ari stepped outside, it was nighttime. The sun had set, and the city was still bustling with life. Yep, it was still too early to go back to their hotel room. "Ahh, where should we go now?"

"You're asking me?"

"I think they have a festival near here. With like rides and all." Mara replied.

"Really?! Let's go!" Ari smiled, "OH MY GOD! A ROLLER COASTER! I HAVEN'T BEEN ON ONE FOR LIKE FOREVER!"

Mara asked for directions, leading them left and right, turning until they reached a festival where people were dressed festively and people were having fun. Ahh, Ari was jealous. She spotted a few people holding hands, most likely on dates. "This way." She gestured.

"Ahh! Wait you three there!" a voice called out.

Turning, Ari noted a beautiful, pale skinned woman. She looked Japanese, with her brown hair and sharp eyes. But there was something off with her. It made the hairs at the nape of her neck stand up. "Hello. Can we help you?"

"Ahh, yes. You see, my dog's gotten scared because of the festival lights and I need some help convincing her to come out."

"Oh is that it?" Cassie asked, stepping forward.

"Wait. Cassie." Mara put out a hand. "Miss, if your dog is stuck, bringing in strangers won't help with the situation. It'll make your dog even more scared. I'm sure you can do it yourself, Miss."

"No! Ahh, you see! I need you to block the exit so she doesn't make a dash for the streets once I coax her out of her hiding spot." She insisted. Ari shivered. There really was something off with this lady.

"Very well." Ari relented despite Mara's protests that something wasn't right.

30 Minutes Later

Ari woke up, feeling slightly disorientated. Where was she? She tried moving her hands, only to find them bound and tied. "What the?"

"Awake?" Cassie muttered. "You're the last to wake up."

"What happened?"

"Here's what happened. We got kidnapped! I can't believe we fell for the dog-stuck-trick! We've been taught not to follow strangers, so I can't believe we still fell for it! Oh my god, I'm embarrassed."

"I told you. Now we've got to escape."

"I think Nicholas and the others will find us soon enough." Ari replied, trying to look at where she was. What the heck was this?

"You're awake." The same woman came again.

"You." Cassie said sharply. "Who are you?"

"A vampire." She shrugged.

"Why have you kidnapped us?"

"You smell funny."

"Um. I showered just a day ago. I just got off the plane, so if I smell funny that's why."

The lady shook her head, "No. You smell of the Volturi."

"Damn. Even when we leave we still smell of them." Cassie muttered.

"Oh…so you are of Volturi?"

"No. We left."

"Humans are not given the choice of whether to leave or not."

"Well, there are exceptions."

"Are you wanted?"

"No." Cassie retorted, "Look I don't feel like giving you the full story, and well, we're just humans. If you plan on feeding on us, I swear to you, someone will get revenge on you."

The lady raised an eyebrow, "Actually, I was going to turn you three. You see, our coven leader owns a hostess club here and most of us that works there are vampires. You three look perfect for our club."

"No. FUCKING. Way." Cassie snarled. "Am I going to work for a fucking hostess club."

"Oh? Don't you want the men? These men will pay big dollars for you to service them."

"I'm rich enough as it is." Cassie said sharply. "I don't need to go and seduce men for a living."

The lady looked hurt, "We don't seduce men, we simply listen to them and provide them with what we call "advice"."

"Do you sleep with them?"

The lady hesitated, "Well…we go on dates with them sometimes. And depending on the date, sometimes it leads to sex…sometimes it doesn't."

"I'm not sleeping with men."

"I'm afraid you don't have a choice." The lady replied, coming closer. Ari shrunk back visibly.

"Ai. I'm afraid they do have a choice." A voice interrupted.

Ari glanced over, seeing a man and two women. They obviously were vampires. "H-Help." She stuttered out. If they stepped in to interfere, then….they had to be good right?

The man glanced over to her. Turning sharply to the lady he called Ai, he commanded her, "Let them go. If they belong to the Volturi as they said. Even if they ran away, they will be punished by the Volturi. Interfering will get you in trouble and the rest of us in trouble. We've stayed under the radar for a time now, and we will continue to do so."

"Che. Are you serious?" Ai crossed her arms, "Fine. Wait till the Master hears of this!"

"I'll deal with him when I see him." The man replied. "Now leave." The lady named Ai left. The man came over with the ladies, bending down to untie their ropes. "Are you okay?"

She rubbed her wrists, "I'm fine." She replied, "Thanks!"

"No problem. I apologize about Ai. She's…well…she's always looking to bring in more girls. She's a miser, you see?" the man told her.

"Umm, how are you so good at English?"

He shrugged, "You become good at English over time." He replied, "I've had years and years of practice."

"Thank you." Mara said kindly.

"Not really. No need to thank me. It was Eri who saved you guys. Well, Eri and Yuki."

"Eri….and….Yuki?"

"Yeah. They called me here. Said Ai has just kidnapped some humans with vampire scents all over them." He replied, "It's illegal afterall."

"Illegal?"

"Illegal for us. We try to not to interfere with humans with other vampire scents on them. It's kind of like a marking. Don't mess with them. And from what I can tell, thank god they called me. Messing with the Volturi isn't something we'd like to face."

"But…we left the Volturi."

"If….even if you just have one friend that is of Volturi, that is still enough for us to be wary. Just one is dangerous. If you're friends with any senior or main guard members, I'd be concerned."

"Oh…Main guard." She repeated. "So like Jane…and the rest?"

"Yes like Jane and the rest." He replied. "I'm Miyagi."

"Hello Miyagi." She greeted politely.

"So, want to tell me your story?" he grinned, "How you left the Volturi. I'm always interested in good stories."

Ari sighed, perhaps, this was going to be one whirlwind of a romance. Everyone would want to hear this story. It was a tale of a lifetime. Opening her mouth, she began, "It began when Cassie, ah, that's the blonde girl over there, dared me to sneak into the Volturi castle…"

NICHOLAS

"Their scent ends here." Yale pointed out, after Nicholas had returned.

"So they were abducted by vampires?!" Nicholas hit his fist on the wall. "Damnnit! Can they never get kidnapped, hurt, or ugh! How many times now?! Why the hell do they always get into trouble?!"

"Do we know anyone in the area that's a vampire?"

"I heard there is a club here filled with vampires, but that's just rumors. It's a rumor that it's the beautiful club since everyone is pale skinned and beautiful. Not to mention rumors that they do date their clients, but only at night time, so it must mean that they don't go out into the sunlight because we sparkle." Adam replied.

"And you know this because….?"

Adam blushed, "Okay…maybe I had a friend who came to a hostess club before…." He trailed off.

"Enough. Where is this club located?"

"Ahh….it's a few minutes from here, follow me." Adam took off running.

ARI

"And so…..that is what happened." She finished, she felt so….sad. Heartbroken. Sure it had been a few weeks maybe months that she had known Aro, but still…there was something….just something that made her feel really bonded with Aro. "We just left…."

"Wow…." The girl known as Eri breathed. Along the way, they had introduced themselves. "To think….in just a few short weeks that much has happened."

"Wait," he frowned, "Does that mean your companions will be looking for you?"

Ari opened her mouth, only to have another voice answer for her, "Yes." It said, "In fact, we're quite irritated that they snuck out without telling us."

Turning, Ari saw a frowning Nicholas who was holding Ai by her hair. Uh-oh. He didn't look too happy….she swallowed, "H-Hi….Nicholas…"

He glared at her. "You. I understand that we're away from the Volturi now. Hundreds of miles, but did you ever, ever consider the stories you heard that other vampires exist besides the Volturi?"

"But!" she protested, "I heard that most of the vampires were in like the Europe-Africa-North-America-South America area! Not in Japan!"

"MOST! ARIA! MOST! DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH TIME WE SPENT LOOKING FOR YOU?!" Nicholas yelled. He tossed Ai aside like a rag doll, as she hissed and got up, in a defensive crouch. Nicholas ignored her, walking over to Aria. "Are you okay?" he added softly, seeing her rub her wrists.

"I'm fine. I was only tied for thirty minutes." She replied. "Just trying to get rid of some of the numbness, you know?"

"No. I don't know. I'm a bloody fucking vampire." He hissed. "My god, you're lucky they spared you! Most vampires don't think twice about draining a human dry!"

"Most, Nicholas. Most." Ari commented. "Now calm yourself down. You're making a scene here."

Realizing where he was, Nicholas turned, eyes wide, to see the shocked faces around him. "Whoops."

"Whoops is right." Cassie commented dryly, "What the fuck do you think you're doing? Yelling at Ari like that?!"

"You guys are the ones who left without telling us a thing!" Nicholas retorted, "You can't just leave like that!"

"We went out to get dinner!" Cassie glared, "We would have came back!"

"But! We need to go with you! Do you realize how much danger you put yourself in tonight?!"

"My god! Stop acting like my mother!" Cassie yelled, "We were just going to eat, explore for a bit and come back!"

"Aro could have had you tailed! He could have been waiting for a moment to get you back! A moment where you aren't with us!" Nicholas said sharply. Taking an unnecessary breath, "Do you understand? All our efforts to help you escape would have disappeared like that in a flash!"

"Oh fuck the Aro, Caius and Marcus thing!" Cassie threw her hands up, "They're going to get revenge! They're hundreds of miles from here! I doubt they'll be here anytime soon!"

"You never know!" Nicholas replied frustrated. Why couldn't they understand?! Even if the Volturi weren't here, even if other vampires weren't here, there was a possibility of other supernatural creatures! Even if not then, a car accident! Any accident at all could claim their lives. He growled.

"All right. Enough." Mara stepped in, she stood up and adjusted her glasses. "You two, need to stop your arguing. You're being ridiculous. The whole room is watching you right now. Many pairs of eyes. You're making big fools out of yourselves. Calm down."

Ari nodded in agreement, "Let's talk about this calmly…somewhere else…" she said, seeing Cassie and Nicholas bore their eyes into hers. She stood up, "Cassie, Nicholas was right to yell at me. We left without tell them a word." She raised her hand to silence Cassie, when she saw her friend open her mouth, "And I'd wipe that smirk off your face, Nicholas. While Cassie was wrong to retort, you know that she has a temper. Yelling at her doesn't get the message that you were worried across. In fact, it made the both of you even more angry."

Miyagi stepped in, clapping his hands, "All right! Let's end this!" he boomed. "Anyways, boss wants to see you."

"Your boss?"

"Err, coven leader."

"Oh. Are we in trouble?" Ari frowned.

"Not really, but…well…he shrugged. The Boss is a bit weird. If he hasn't had you killed yet, it's a good sign."

"Okay…Let's see this boss of yours." Ari sighed, following behind Miyagi. He lead her up a couple flight of stairs, she could hear the pitter-pattering footsteps of Cassie and Mara following behind her. And most likely behind them, Yale, Brecken, Nicholas and Adam. They reached a door where Miyagi jerked his head towards the door.

"Go on in."

She nodded, knocking three times to be polite before opening the door. Her eyes widened as she took in the scene before her. There was a man sitting behind a table, he was dressed a bit….odd. He had dark hair slicked back, and well, red eyes that looked up as she came in, but that wasn't what phased her. It was where his hands were. It….it was underneath a shirt belonging to another individual. The girl looked flustered and….aroused. "Oh….umm…. please excuse me. Please finish what you were doing." She took a step back and closed the door. Damn it! Why did it always happen to her?! First it was Lily and Warren and now Miyagi's boss. She blushed. It was official. Next time she would let someone else open the door.

Miyagi took one look at her face and an angry face appeared, "He's groping his mate again isn't he?" he muttered angrily, slamming the door open. "OI! YOU SHITTY BOSS! WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING?! YOU WANTED THE HUMAN GIRLS AI BROUGHT UP HERE AND THEY COME AND FIND YOU GROPING YOUR MATE?! CAN'T YOU KEE PYOUR HANDS TO YOURSELF WHILE YOU'RE HERE?!"

"Che." Ari heard come from inside, "Miyagi! You can't tell at me like that! I'll be so saaaadddddd!"

"Are you an idiot?!"

"Ehhhh, I probably am, but I'm your idiot right?"

"Y-You….I have no words for you!" Miyagi fumed. "Just get dressed! I'll send them in here in one minute."

"Awww, you're so meannn!"

"60….59…58…."

"Got it! Geez!" Ari could hear the man scramble to wear his clothes. Was….this the boss…? Somehow, it kind of seem like Miyagi would have been a better boss, but who was she to judge? She had barely met the man. Sure, first impressions were important, but….perhaps, there was more to this man than what met the eye. She often heard geniuses were weird. Maybe he was a genius vampire.

Miyagi came out moments later, "Sorry about that." He rubbed the back of his head, "He can't keep his hands off his mate. He just found her recently, so he's a bit…."

"No…" she replied softly, "I understand. Mates come first." She bit her lip, thinking of Aro. She wondered what he was doing now? Was he…did he find the information? Did he….she closed her eyes, well, there was no point in fretting over it. She had to forget Aro.

He gave her a look of pity, "Well, come on in." he gestured. "The boss should be properly dressed now."

She entered the room, seeing the man lay his head on the girl's— his mate's—lap, the rest of his body on the couch, flipping through a magazine of manga. He was humming quietly to himself. She was stroking his hair quietly, smiling.

"U-Um….hello?"

The man stopped flipping, looking over to her, "Hello." He continued to look at his manga, ignoring her.

She stood there awkwardly, what was she to do…? Thankfully, his mate replied, "I'm sorry. He's fuming a bit cause he got interrupted—"

"Don't cha mean we got interrupted, Kana-chan?" the man chuckled.

"Ginzou. Stop it." The girl smacked him lightly on the head, "We're vampires. They're humans. Your needs can come later."

The man sat up, biting his lip, making his eyes look wider, "But! Kana-chan, don't tell me you love them more than you love me!" he sobbed into the crook of his elbow.

Ari raised an eyebrow, this man was ridiculous. Was he really their leader? "Ummm…I'm sorry to interrupt, but it's getting late, and I'd like to return to my hotel room."

The girl named Kana smiled at her, "I'm sorry. Gin is acting like a big idiot right now." She looked at him, bending over to whisper something into his ear. He immediately stopped sobbing and turned to her, serious.

"How can I help you?"

Ari was taken aback. "What?"

"Why are you here?"

"I'm, well, we're on the run from the Volturi."

"Why?"

"We didn't want to date them anymore."

"You dated the Volturi kings?" the man's eyes widened, "But aren't they mated already?"

"Their wives are dead." Cassie replied for Ari.

"How long?"

"What?"

"How long have their wives been dead?"

"I don't know. Months?"

He frowned, "That can't be right. If their true mates are dead, then they shouldn't be alive for much longer after their true mates died. I was under the impression that their current wives were their true mates based on how love they showed towards one another."

"They live for revenge." Mara said softly, "They're getting revenge on the Romanians for killing their wives."

"Even then, they shouldn't be as proactive as they are." The man protested, frowning as he thought, "Perhaps, those three weren't their true mates."

Ari's heart fluttered. Maybe she had a chance. Maybe she should go back to Aro immediately. No, her mind told her firmly, If he didn't show interest in you then, then perhaps you aren't true mates. Don't fool yourself into more pain. "It doesn't matter to us." She said a bit shakily, "We left. If we were their mates, we wouldn't be here. Their true mates must be out there somewhere in the world."

The man shrugged, "If that's what you say."

"May I ask a question?" Nicholas asked.

"What?"

"What's the name of your coven? I've never heard of you or anyone here. Rumors, yes, but nothing else."

The man raised an eyebrow, "That's because we aren't one."

"You aren't a coven? Then why are you the leader?"

"Because I started this club, so I'm the boss. We have free reign. We're allowed to leave as we want." He kicked his legs onto the table. "We have no coven."

"But they look to you for ideas."

"That's because I'm the oldest here." Gin replied. "Simple as that. And most likely the smartest and handsomest, and—"

"Enough." Miyagi stopped him, "Don't go bragging."

"Che. So mean." Gin muttered. "Anyways. I find you three interesting. You can roam Tokyo as you wish. Dispose of bodies appropriately. I don't want to hear on the news of any bodies found, understand?"

"Don't worry." Nicholas replied, "We'll dispose of bodies correctly."

"Good. Now I can designated some of my vampires to give you a tour if you want."

"Can you?" Ari asked, "It'd be fun."

Gin looked at her, "The rest of you can go, but I want you to stay."

"What? Why me?" she was shocked, she could see the others were shocked as well.

"You bastard, what do you want with Ari?"

The man eyed Cassie, "Just go. I promise that Aria will return in one piece. Unharmed."

Ari could see Cassie was about to protest, "Cassie. Just go."

"Fine."

Gin nodded, "Miyagi. Eri. Yuki. You three go on the tour."

"What? I have to manage the store!" Miyagi protested.

"Don't be ridiculous. The store won't collapse if you aren't here for a few hours. Eiji will manage it. Now go." Miyagi glared at the man before leaving. The door was shut behind him, leaving Ari in complete silence with Gin and his mate, Kana.

"Ummm…"

The man sat up, "Now that I have you alone with my beautiful mate and I, I have a proposition for you."

"Ummm, what is it?"

"Would you like to be my daughter?"

"What?"

"Gin!"

He turned to his mate, "I couldn't give you a child. Vampires don't have the ability to have children. This child, Aria, here looks a bit like you and I." he said softly, "She could be our child." He held her hands.

"Gin, she's only a few years younger than me at most!"

"Who cares? At least, you'll have a daughter." He replied, "you may be forever stuck at 22, but you're years beyond 22."

"Gin….this isn't another whim of yours is it?" Kana whispered softly to him. "A child? A daughter? Do you know how much responsibility it is?"

He shrugged, "She's grown. Had she been a child, I suppose we would have to care for her wit hteh diapers and all, but she looks to be a young adult. She can take care of herself."

"But really….a child?"

"I know you wanted a child….and I'm sorry for taking that chance away from you."

Kana wiped her eyes, "No. You saved me." She said gently. "I can't blame you for that." Turning, she looked at Ari, "Would you….would you like to be our child?"

Ari felt awkward. They looked like they were barely years older than her, and she was to be their kid? She had a loving set of parents already and a big family. "Well….I kind of already have parents…" she began, seeing the crestfallen faces of Kana and Gin, "But I don't mind another set of Godparents."

"God….parents?"

"Yeah. Are you okay with just being my godparents?"

Kana nodded, "I understand. It might be weird to tell your parents that you adopted another set of parents. Godparents work. Is it the same thing as parents?"

"Well originally, it was religion-related, but you would have responsibilities to take care of the child as well. Well, though I'm not really a kid, but…yeah."

"That would work." Kana said softly, letting out a soft breath, gripping her mate, "Gin! A child! Our own child! A godchild nevertheless, but still, a child."

"I know." Gin replied. He looked over to Aria, "Well, now that you are my goddaughter, feel free to use my money and move freely through the city."

Ari smiled, "Seems nice to be your goddaughter."

He grinned in returned, "It is." He admitted. "You can do as you want in Tokyo as long as you don't attract attention that is."

"Cool." She paused, "I was wondering…why didn't you start a coven?"

He raised an eyebrow, "If you want, you can start it. I don't mind." He replied.

"But if I started it, does that mean I would be the leader?" she asked.

"Yes."

"But I'm a human."

He shrugged, "But your my god-daughter. Who cares?"

"You're really going to let me be the leader?"

"I'll beat up anyone who tells you can't be leader." Gin promised.

She raised an eyebrow, "That's tyranny."

He shrugged, "Who cares?"

"Aren't leaders suppose to be respected?"

He shrugged, "You can become a leader first, respect can come later."

She frowned, "I think you're suppose to get the respect first rather than be the leader first."

"Hmmm, what about this?" he began, "You start the coven, your human friends can join as well, and I shall join. Kana, dearest, would you like to join?"

Kana nodded, "Yes. What will you name our coven?"

"Oh…." She hesitated, well, if Gin and Kana (her godfather and godmother) were joining willingly…it wasn't like she was forcing them, right? "I don't know." She admitted.

"Well, what about The Amazing Coven?" Gin grinned.

"Ummmm…" she hesitated.

Kana whacked him affectionately on the head, "Gin! That's a ridiculous name!"

"B-But." He pouted, "We'd be the amazing coveeeeennnn!"

"Umm, can I get back to you on the coven name?" she asked.

He shrugged, "Sure. Why not?" he smiled, "Where are you staying?"

"4 Seasons."

"Suite or regular?"

"Suite of course." She replied.

"Oooh, nice." He sighed, "Must feel good."

"Meh, but nothing beats home though."

"True that. I can offer you a room here?"

"Errm, in a hostess club?"

"I have my own house in Tokyo." He replied, slightly offended, "I know it can get noisy here on some nights, and most likely your friends would not enjoy it either."

"But…if you're in my coven, doesn't mean that you'll have to….leave Tokyo?" she asked, confused.

"That's what most general vampires do. Travel with their families, but I think that Kana and I must stay here. We are in charge of the vampires in Tokyo. Leaving could cause bloodshed."

"Oh." She replied flatly.

He sighed, "But as my god-daughter, I'd be willing to send someone to go with you."

She shook her head, "No. I don't want you forcing to go with me."

"Then will those vampire friends of yours be going with you?" he asked.

She hesitated, "I….I don't know." She admitted truthfully, "Quite honestly, we all came to Japan together because we were escaping….they're kind of a coven of their own of sorts. Their original coven was destroyed, they're the remaining survivors. I don't know if they plan to stay with us, nevertheless join us."

"You know, why don't you just stay here?" Kana asked kindly, she had moved to get her tea and placed a cup in front of her.

She shook her head, "Nah. Despite the dangers, Cassie, Mara and I love to travel. We've got free reign in regards to travelling up until next year. We've got to start our respective training next year."

"Training?"

She nodded, "Yeah. My family believe in like witch and wizard magic which I guess is true to some extent because they can send me messages in my dream, so I need to start like learning the trade I guess. My parents lead the witch/wizard council, so…." She replied.

"I see. And are your friends Cassie and Mara fellow to-be witches like you?"

Ari hesitated, she didn't think they would have a problem if they told her godparents, as long as they didn't go bragging it to the world. "Well….you see, Mara's family runs a legit empire."

"She is a princess?"

"Oh. Well. Yeah. I guess. Mara's grandparents are like well rulers of a country somewhere in Europe. It's a super small country, but yeah, she's a princess. Her dad and mom though aren't really in-line for ruling. His dad's father is in line for the throne then comes her dad's older brother. He's far from being in line." She paused, "And her grandparents are still very very healthy for their age. Its' scary how healthy they are but Mara's family history has a history of living a really long life or something. I mean the things they can do at 60, 70 years old….it's almost as if it's just an appearance, and that they're only 20-something. They've got amazing stamina and strength. But focusing on Mara's parents, they have a huge company that's international and makes a lot of money. They've practically got influence everywhere in the business world. Well, except with their enemies."

"Oh? Interesting." He mused, "And your friend Cassie?"

"Cassie?" she repeated, "Oh, she's part of the mafia."

He choked on venom, "She's what"

"She's a mafia princess." She replied, "Her dad's got the big-guns. They run an international crime-ring too. Cassie doesn't really go into the specifics about it, cause some of it is gruesome, but in terms of obtaining illegal things and fake stuff, if we need it, we ask Cassie's family. She's got worldwide connections."

He pondered, "A witch princess, a real princess of a country and of a mega-corporation, and a mafia princess." He mused, "How did the three of you meet? If you think about your family and their occupations, it would seem that the three of you wouldn't and shouldn't clash. Or even be such good friends."

"We met one day at a party." She shrugged, "We got to know each other, and we liked each other, and despite what our families said, we became good friends. Sure our parents opposed, but we fought them tooth and nail, and we won. We practically have free reign when it comes to walking around in the world. At anytime, we can seek help."

He sighed, "I can't believe I picked a witch princess that's friends with a mafia princess and a princess of a country and big company as my god-daughter." He muttered.

"Regretting it now?" she asked dryly, "Most people do get freaked out because of Cassie. And the whole witch-thing."

"No. It makes you all more the interesting. Most humans I come across don't have such unique statuses." He replied, "Kana's family was pretty interesting."

"Oh? How so?"

"Well, her father was a detective/cop, her mother was a money-hungry woman, her older brother—whom let me remind you is a child of the woman's from another marriage— knew no better than to leech off her. Her father died in an unfortunate accident, and her mother forced her to go and work extra hours while still going to school. Kana stayed with them because her father had asked her to take care of them. Needless to say, Kana worked long hours, and I got to know her. I had known she was my mate, but it took her a little bit longer to warm up to the idea that her "mate" was a silly hostess club owner." He sighed, "Later on I almost lost her due to child services trying to take her away from her mom. I had Miyagi adopted her and paid a ridiculous amount of money to her mom so she would stop bothering Kana. Though she still does come, so my guards make sure she doesn't get pass the door."

Ari made a face, "I hate gold-diggers and leechers." She muttered. "What about you?"

"What about me?"

"Who were you?"

"Well, my father was a samurai. I know. Samurai. I am very old. There was a war and he died. My mother had died early on from poor health. My little brother had caught a plague that plagued our village, and he died. I had caught it too, but for some reason I was lucky enough to be changed."

"You know, you go into detail about everyone else's lives, but with yours, you just summarize it in a few sentences."

"It's my talent." He smiled, fanning himself, "I'm just amazing that way."

"Hmm." She replied.

"Oh! I hear your friends are back."

"Really?" she turned, looking at the door. Moments later, the door slammed open and Cassie came in.

"Okay. We explored. We're back. What the hell did you tell Ari?"

Gin raised an eyebrow, "Things that Ari will tell you if she wants, mafia princess."

Cassie raised an eyebrow, "Oh? She told you? Then you should tell me what you told her."

"Cassie, he just asked me to be his god-daughter." Ari replied.

"God-daughter? Did you agree?" Mara asked.

"I don't see why not. Vampires cannot have children. I'd be honored to be their god-kid since I do have a loving set of parents." She replied.

"Hmm. What else did you discuss?"

She shifted in her seat, "Some things I need to discuss with you." She replied, "In private."

Cassie raised an eyebrow, "Very well. Later, in our hotel room."

Ari yawned, "Now. Let's go back. I'm tired." She stood up, stretched, "I'll come back another time."

He nodded, "Come back tomorrow! I'll have Miyagi, Eri and Yuki be your guides again."

"WHAT?! AGAIN?! OI! YOU SHITTY BOSS! I CAN'T JUST LEAVE HERE ALL THE TIME! I'M THE FRICKIN BLOODY MANAGER."

Gin waved his hand dismissively. "Don't mind it." He replied, "Just take a few days off."

"Godfather, it's fine if Miyagi is busy." She muttered, "I'm sure we can find our own way."

"Nonsense!" Gin frowned, "Miyagi! I'm ordering you to go."

"Godfather!" Ari admonished. "I'm not coming tomorrow if you make him."

Gin gaped, "Fine. Miyagi can stay at the store tomorrow! Boring workaholic Miyagi!"

"I'm leaving." Ari muttered, "I need sleep."

"Bye bye! See you later, god-daughter!"

Ari nodded sleepily, leaving the room.

45 minutes later

Ari stepped out of the bathroom, one hand rubbing her hair with a towel, the other adjusting the strings on her sweats. She hated it when it one string was longer than the other. It was weird. "Bathroom's free."

"Mara and I already showered in the boy's room." Cassie replied, sitting with Mara on the beds. They were both dressed in pajamas.

"You went over to the guys' room and showered?! Cassie! Mara! It's their bathroom!"

"Look. They don't sleep. They can shower later. Besides, we wanted to hear your conversation with Gin."

"Oh." She replied, sitting down on her bed. "Well, I asked him why he didn't have a coven."

"Coven?"

"Yeah. They just came together. They have no official name. They just listen to him because he's the oldest in the group."

Cassie whistled, "And?"

"So he said, why don't I start one and that he'd help me enforce it since I was his god-daughter."

"He wanted you to start a vampire coven? You? A human?"

She nodded hesitantly, "Yeah. He even said he'd get his workers—sorry, friends—to join, but I told him no, since I didn't want anyone joining out of pity or just 'cause he made them." She told them, sighing, "But then Kana and him decided to join. Ah, and I also got a brief crash course in their history before they came a vampire too. Oh, and he said I had to name the coven, but I don't know what to name it."

"Meh. Take your time. What about Devils and Angels?"

"For a….name?" Ari repeated, "Devils and Angels? Cassie! We aren't a band!"

"Okay…." Cassie paused, "What about the Intellectuals?"

"Cassie, most covens are known as the Olympic coven….Volturi coven… Denali coven…Amazon coven….Irish coven…" Mara rambled on.

"Che. Fine. Ari you do the naming." Cassie grumbled.

"I plan to. Not yet, but….I'll figure out a good name before we leave." Ari promised, "Though one thing he did bring up is….the guys and our intentions with them."

"What intentions?"

"Like do they plan on joining our coven….or are we just here together because we're escaping from the same enemy? Are we going to split ways after today?"

"Good question."

"Yeah. So we need to ask them." Ari replied, "But it's kind of awkward. I mean….they were part of a coven and Nicholas is kind of their leader, so… I don't know if they're willing to join ours. I mean, I think they're pretty satisfied with their coven already…"

"Let's ask tomorrow." Cassie replied firmly, stretching, "In the meantime, I think I'll catch a few z's."

Ari giggled, "Night Cassie. Night Mara." She whispered, laying down on her bed. She turned off the lamp beside her bed, enveloping the room in darkness save the city lights from outside. She closed her eyes, there was just too much excitement for her to sleep. "Oh right. How was your tour?"

"It was fine." Cassie replied back a bit too quickly.

Curious, Ari shifted in her bed, "Cassie." She began, "What aren't you telling me?" When Cassie didn't reply, she sighed, "Mara. Tell me, what did Cassie do."

"Hey! I didn't do nothing!"

"Cassie, let's just say, was up to her old silly ideas again." Mara rumbled. "You know how she is, suspicious she is."

"Hey!" Cassie protested. "They're not silly! They're real!"

"Then why are you quiet?" Cassie grumbled a few incoherent words. "Cassie…" she began when her friend didn't give her a clear answer. When Cassie still didn't give her a clear answer, she sighed. "Cassie. I know you. Mara knows you. We both know you. Did you punch someone again?"

"Perhaps…."

"Let me guess, you thought he made advances to you, and let me guess again, he smelled drunk, and you decided the moment that he groped you that he was a big pervert that needed to be punished. Then you punched him in the nuts and told him that you wished he'd never be able to have kids again."

"How did you know….?"

"Cassie that's what you do every time." She muttered. "Is that why you came back early?"

"Yeah. Pretty much." She admitted.

"Did you punch some big-wig?"

She shrugged, "I don't know, but he had some friends with him."

"Oh. And the vampires couldn't deal with it?"

She could hear Cassie shifted in her bed, "Well, they didn't want to attract any un-necessary attention, you know?"

"Oh." She said, "So then you guys just came back?"

"Yeah oh but I stopped by a takoyaki stand. It was delicious and warm." She sighed. "I would have saved you some, but that drunk guy knocked into me and made me spill it."

"It's fine. We can get some tomorrow then." Ari yawned.

"Goodnight Ari, Cassie." Mara whispered quietly.

"Ah. Goodnight." Cassie replied.

"Yup. Nighty night. Don't let the bed bugs bite."

"Ari, don't be ridiculous. This is a high-class hotel, I'm pretty sure bed bugs don't exist here."

"Mara. That was a joke. A saying." Ari muttered, "It's not to be taken for real."

"Oh. Sorry. I had a bad experience with bed bugs before when someone told me the exact same thing."

"Gah. We're wasting time. I'm sleeping. Night guys."

"Yeah. Night."

"Good night."

Ari closed her eyes, exhaustion taking over her. She was tired.

NICHOLAS/THE "GUYS"

Nicholas listened in on the girls' conversation before they fell silent, asleep. So they were going to ask him if he was going to join tomorrow. If they were going to join their newly founded coven. Interesting. "You hear?" he asked the others.

"Of course I hear." Yale snapped. "Question is, do I want to join?"

"Well, I don't know about you guys, but I'm joining." Adam laid back against the headboard on his bed, "I've got no problem with it."

"You're joining a human coven?"

He shrugged, "I can turn them later if they want me to, besides, they're interesting."

"You're joining them because they're interesting?"

"Well," Adam hesitated, "Listen, I use to belong to a coven. They also died during the Romanian versus Volturi war. It was unfortunate, but it happened. I haven't joined a coven since, well, if you don't count the Volturi coven. I do travel with other covens sometimes just for company, but that's another story for another time. Anyhow, I think it's time for me to move on. Even if we're vampires, even if we can exist as an immortal, at heart, we are still sociable creatures. We desire companionship. While I think you three are interesting, you three have your own thing going on. You're still stuck on revenge. I'm not. Tell me, don't you feel that your revenge is gone? Once you let it go, you'll feel much lighter."

"I've already let it go. The Volturi will get revenge for me. They were as just as used as we were by the Romanians." Nicholas replied, "But joining a new coven means we would leave our old one, meaning our coven name too."

"You are the Iceland coven?" Adam murmured.

"I think you know that."

"Well." Adam said slowly, "I don't think you'll ever forget your old coven. Joining a new one will just bring you friendship and companionship."

"But to forget our family…our old coven…." Brecken murmured, "Is betrayal."

"Oh for pete's sake, I'm sure your family wouldn't mind." Adam sighed, "Okay. Let's think of it this way. My god, I don't even know why I'm trying to convince you to join, but here's the idea: Why did you leave with the girls?"

Yale frowned, "We're headed the same way. Running away from the Volturi."

"You could have ditched them on the plane."

"We were getting on a plane anyways, might as well go to the same place."

"But you stuck with them when you came here."

"Well…we were protecting them." Yale replied, "Just for a while."

"How long was "awhile"?" Adam asked.

"Errrm," Yale hesitated, "Until they can protect themselves from the Volturi. Or at least until they are reunited with their family, but even then the possibility of the Volturi coming to get them….our wasted efforts…"

"Seems like you're in it for the long run." Adam said dryly, "So why not just join?"

Nicholas sighed, "You're right." He admitted. "It's time we move on. Yale, our family will forever be our family, but….I can't help but want to stay with the girls. I would feel terrible if something happened to them while I'm not around."

"So you're leaving our coven." Yale glared. "How could you?"

Nicholas went over and ruffled Yale's hair, "Listen. I'm not abandoning you." He said gently, he tugged at the chain on his neck, showing a locket with the coven symbol. He clicked it open, showing a picture of their coven. "I'll always treasure this and I'll always keep it with me, but I'm not wrapping myself up in revenge, in the past. Something tells me that if I do, I'll just become another Aro just like when Aro lost his wife."

Yale sniffed, "You're right." He said quietly, "Fine. I'll follow you. I….am interested in them and you do have a point."

"I simply follow what Yale follows and does." Brecken replied.

Yale sighed, "I've had a long night. I'm going to go get a drink."

"Go ahead. Brecken go with him."

"Obviously." Brecken smirked. Adam eyes widened a bit, it must have been the first time he ever saw the man smirk, nevertheless show much emotion.

MORNING. ARIA.

Ari stretched, getting up. Glancing at the clock, she noted that it was noon. She got up and went in the bathroom, hearing Cassie and Mara get up too. She used the bathroom quickly, washed her hands, and came out. "Morning." She greeted.

"Good morning Ari."

"Morning Mara." Ari replied.

"Hrummm….shut up…"Cassie grumbled, half-asleep. She was laying on her stomach, butt in the air like she had attempted to get out of bed, but sleep had won again. It always won. Cassie never got up unless it was for a good reason and important reason.

Ari sighed, "Cassie is still asleep. Mara, want to go grab breakfast?"

"We can order room service."

"Oh. What do you think they've got hash-browns? It's a must have for breakfast." She mused. "And eggs! And ketchup."

"I'm pretty sure they have some." Mara replied, picking up the phone. She glanced at the menu before her, "Yup. They do. What do you think Cassie will want? She'll wake up when food is here as well."

"Erm, what about just getting her eggs, bacon, and hash-browns? Oh! And biscuits! You can't do without biscuits!"

"Okay." Mara called the room service, "Ah, hello. Do you speak English? Yes? Okay, hi, I would like to order 3 plates of breakfast. Umm, hash-browns and eggs. Do you have ketchup? Yes, please include that as well. Oh and for two of the plates, please give me sausages and bacon. Yes, one of the plates we want just eggs and hash-browns. Anything else? What do you have? Hmm, give me 6 morning breakfast sandwiches then. Yes room 1204. Yes, the suite room. Would we like any drinks? One second please." Cassie coverd the mouthpiece, glanced over at Ari, eyebrows questioning.

"Um, I think Cassie is fine with orange juice. I'll have apple juice."

"Okay." Mara uncovered the mouthpiece, "Hello? Yes, two cups of orange juice and one apple juice. All right, thank you. Yes, room 1204." Mara put down the phone, "Ah….we're done. They'll bring it up momentarily."

Ari raised an eyebrow, "Sandwiches?"

"It's noon. They have sandwiches now too." Mara shrugged. "I figured that we might as well get extra food."

"But we might waste it…."

"Ari, did you forget about Cassie….?"

"Oh. Right. The black-hole stomach." Mara laughed, "She's never full."

"Right, let's wake Cassie up." Ari muttered, eyeing her still sleeping friend. "Mara, go use the restroom, I know you haven't used it yet."

"Okay. I leave waking up the monster to you." Mara grinned, "Good luck."

"Yeah." Ari muttered walking over to her friend. Cautiously, she nudged Cassie awake. "Cassie get up." Cassie mumbled a few incoherent words, but still sleeping. Nudging a little harder, "Cassie….get up!" Cassie swatted her hands away, grumbling. Frustrated, she grabbed a nearby pillow and whacked Cassie with it.

Cassie sat up immediately, sleep still evident in her eyes. "WHAT THE FUCK?!" she yelled.

"Cassie get up!"

"WHY THE FUCK DID YOU WAKE ME UP?!"

"Cause it's noon and we ordered breakfast. Or lunch since it's noon."

"AND YOU COULDN'T HAVE LET ME SLEEP FOR ANOTHER 30 MINUTES OR SO?" Cassie flopped back onto her bed, curling into a fetal position, "Wake me up when food is here."

"I'm not waking you up." Ari frowned, "Go use the restroom and then we'll eat. Room service is generally pretty fast." She yanked on the covers that Cassie had pulled over her head, frowning. "GET UP." She jumped on the bed and proceeded to tickle Cassie all over.

"I'm up! I'm up!" Cassie screeched, rolling off the bed. She got onto her knees and crawled to the bathroom door.

"Why are you crawling?"

"Because I don't have the energy I need to walk." Cassie muttered. "Mara in there?"

"Not anymore." Mara opened the door, "Just finished washing my hands. You can use it now."

Cassie stood upright slowly, she trudged through the door of the bathroom slowly, slamming it behind her. "Call me when food's ready."

"You really need me to call you when food's ready?" Ari muttered. She sat down at their mini-kitchen at the table. "How long do you plan to stay here, Mara?"

Mara hesitated, "Not long." She admitted truthfully. "I've got some business back in the States."

"Wanna tell me?"

"Sure. But it's just some boring old business though. I was suppose to deal with one of old contacts. He's a bit of a meanie when it comes to dealing with us. He doesn't like my father so much, so my father usually lets me deal with him."

"Oh. When though?"

"It's not for another month but I need to review some files before I meet up with him." She replied.

"Oh Mara. 16 and you're already doing business deals." Ari sighed, "So how much is it?"

"How much is what?"

"The deal."

"I don't know. I think 10 million."

"10 million dollars?!" Ari gaped. "Your dad lets you handle 10 million dollar deals?"

"No, 10 dollars." Mara's face had the slightest smile, "But yes, normally he wouldn't, but our contact has a bit of an odd streak to him, so I deal with it. I have a better chance than father in closing the deal when it comes to this particular contact."

"Che. So lucky."

"If you want, I'll let you listen in. I don't think father will mind." Mara offered, "But don't blame me if you get bored halfway through cause you can't leave."

Ari swallowed, "N-No. I'm fine. I don't mind. I'll just hang out with Cassie then. I wanted to go traveling some more though…."

"I think we can do another trip somewhere, but…."

"Hey! I wonder if you can skype to the person you need to make a deal with?"

"Skype to him?" she paused, thinking, "Perhaps, I'll have to ask Father and see if it's okay with our contact."

"Who is this contact anyway?"

"Mr. John Smith." She replied. "Known as intelligent but eccentric." She stated when a knock sounded on the door. Mara got up, looking through the peephole. She turned and nodded to Ari. It was the food.

"Cassie! Food's here!"

"Yeah!" Cassie responded, coming out the bathroom.

Mara opened the door, "Hello."

"Hello! Room service!" the voice called out cheerfully, "Here's your food!" he pushed in the cart, with bowls covering various plates of food, "Just leave the plates outside when you're done! Someone will be by to get them later."

"All right. Thank you." Mara replied, pulling out a 5,000 yen bill, "Thanks for bringing it up here." She offered the man a 5,000 yen bill.

He took it gingerly, "Thanks…." He said, "So much…."

"Yeah, thanks for bringing it up so fast!" Mara smiled.

"Anytime Miss, anytime…." The man murmured, leaving. Mara shut the door and wheeled the cart over to the table where Cassie and Ari sat.

"You gave him 5,000 yen?" Cassie asked, eyebrows raised.

"Yeah. Why?"

"5,000 yen? Isn't that a lot?"

"I think that's like almost 50 dollars." Ari replied.

"You have a 50 dollar tip? That must have topped his tipping records."

Mara shrugged, "It's fine. Maybe we'll get him to side with us and do more things for us."

Ari chuckled, "Bribery?"

"I prefer to call it as an incentive. Besides, we're in a top-class hotel in a suite, I'd feel cheap for giving like 50 cents or something."

"That's true." Cassie admitted. "Anyways, I'm calling Papa today. You guys have anything you want to tell him?"

"Tell him I said hi."

"Yeah for me too!" Ari smiled.

"Hmmm." Cassie replied, "You two are too nice. I'm asking him for some cash to be forwarded. Hey! After we leave, want to go to California? I heard the weather's nice right now."

"Nah. Let's go to Ireland or Scotland next." Mara offered.

"Ooh. That sounds even better than California." Cassie chuckled. "Heard they're hot."

"Cassie….Does everything have to do with being hot with you?" Ari sighed, "I'm eating breakfast now. Which plate is mine?"

"I don't know." Mara replied, she shifted all the plates over to the table. She lifted the plate covers. "This is yours." She handed Cassie a plate of hash-browns, eggs, sausages and bacon. "This is mine." She slid the plate similar to Cassie over to hers, "And this is yours, Ari." She slid over a plate of hash-browns and eggs.

She sniffed her food. "It smells good." She said, "Oh hey! I can get the ketchup please?"

"Here!" Cassie slid the ketchup over to Ari.

"Thanks." She replied. She poured some ketchup over the eggs, and began eating.

30 minutes later

"Man, those sandwiches are good." Cassie chuckled, leaning back in her chair. "Gahhh I'm full."

Ari eyed her, "You had three sandwiches." She muttered. "Along with a full plate of hash-browns, sausages, bacon, and eggs. And a full glass of orange juice."

"Gah." She smiled, "It was good food."

"I know it was."

"I kind of want to take a nap now…." Cassie yawned, "I'll be up for dinner."

"Oh no you don't." Mara admonished. "We're going shopping."

"What?!"

"You heard me. Shopping."

"For what?"

"Well. You need a phone charger and I need a laptop."

"Oh yeah….a phone charger…." Cassie replied.

"I kind of want to go shopping for souvenirs…" Ari said. "Stuff like keychains…and…yeah…. Hey! We should go ghost hunting!"

"Are you serious?" Cassie choked on some water from a bottle she had pulled from the fridge. "You want to go ghost hunting after we find out that not only do vampires exist but other mythical creatures, and you want to go ghost hunting?! What the fuck do we do if a ghost really does come out?!"

"We can…..run?" she offered.

Cassie started blankly at her, "You really think we can outrun a ghost? They fucking float."

"Cassie." Ari narrowed her eyes playfully, "Don't tell me you're afraid of ghosts…."

"What?! No!" Cassie protested. "I just think it's stupid. I mean, why would you go hunt them? They're dead, leave them the hell alone."

"Right. Sure." She replied, smiling. "Well. I'm going to go exploring."

"Should we ask them now too?"

"Ask them what?"

"Are you that oblivious? The coven!"

"Right."

"We should inform the guys next door or they'll freak out again." Mara replied, going over to the conjoined door, knocking. Nicholas quickly opened the door, concern etched on his face. Clearly, he had been in a rush as he was half-naked. He was shirtless with only a pair of boxers on. Ari could see Cassie was eyeing him appreciatively. Who wouldn't? She blushed slightly, she had to admit, had she not been recovering (and still loving) Aro, she probably would have asked him to marry her. His pale skin really made his dark hair stand out. He wasn't entirely hairless, with a slight trail of hair trailing down his stomach down to his….she blushed even redder. Clearly he was well endowed. She wasn't well….she was still a virgin, but….she couldn't help but look. His messy rumpled hair had her raise her eyebrow. He didn't sleep, so why did he look so rumpled?

"Yes?"

"We're going outside to explore. We'll be back later."

"Will you require an escort?" he asked.

"No." Ari replied, pausing, "And we wanted to ask you a question."

Nicholas raised an eyebrow, moving from the door. "Come in." he faked a yawn, scratching his chest lightly.

They stepped inside, Ari being the last, she raised an eyebrow, "You know, you don't sleep, so why do you look so rumpled?"

He shrugged, "Busy day." He chuckled. "Was practicing some wrestling with Yale."

"Oh." She replied, sitting down on the bed next to Cassie and Mara. The male vampires stood around them awkwardly.

"So what did you want to talk to us about?" Nicholas asked.

"Okay so my godfather suggested we start a coven…" Ari began. "And….well….we were wondering if you wanted to join. I know you still have your old coven and that you're all deeply attached to it, but we'd love it if you'd join. I've already decided—without Cassie and Mara's idea of course—that the three of us will be the leaders. I don't think I'm good as a leader by myself. Cassie and Mara's always been by my side, so….they'll be leaders too if that affects your opinion. And so I know that you still miss your family that was brutally killed, but we just wanted to know. Even if you didn't want to join, you're welcome to continue travelling with us. Oh! But that's if you want to continue traveling with us! I know you have your own duties and everything and….yeah. I, well, we haven't decided on a coven name yet, but Cassie and Mara's letting me decide the coven name and so, I'm working on that. If you have any suggestions you're welcome to tell me. Ah! But I'm also going to ask the vampires that works with Godfather and Godmother. Originally, Gin wanted to just tell them to join, but I had said I'd get no respect that way, so I'm going to invite them. Of course, Gin and Kana have decided to join, but they can't really leave Tokyo because they're in-charge of this area, but they're going to be apart of the coven and….yeah. I mean, I'm not going to hate you if you say no, I'm just saying the offer is there if you want to join. Ah! But you don't have to give me the answer right away! You can always say no now and say yes later. The offer will stand as long as I live, as long as this coven exist, or as long as you exist. Oh crap, the ending sounded bad, I didn't mean that you'd die or that I was wishing you'd die if you didn't join right now, but like…I don't know…I mean like if you died…oh my god, I'm just saying as long as you choose to live on earth or the moon the offer stands!" she rambled. The silence that followed made her fidget uncomfortably.

"Errrm." Yale coughed into his hands. "Would one of you two translate that for me? I'm sorry, but I lost you half-way through your ramble."

"She meant to say that she's asking if you wanted to join and that even if you didn't, you're still welcome to travel with them—if you want to and that the offer will still stand as long as any of us exist." Cassie replied.

"And she told you that she plans on asking the Japanese vampires if they want to join since they're bound together just because they want to, just like a coven, but since Gin and Kana are joining, she wants to ask them without forcing them."

"I see." Yale pretended to give it a thought.

"Well, I'm joining!" Adam declared cheerfully, "I have a name recommendation! What about Adam's Amazing coven?"

"What is with the amazing?" Ari muttered at long last, "….errm, Adam you know I care for you a lot, but I don't think that's the right name for us."

Adam pouted, "Aww, fine." He hesitantly added, "What about Amazing Adams?"

Cassie face-palmed. "Are we all named Adam?"

"No…."

"Then we're not naming the coven Amazing Adams."

"Awww, okay…."

"Back to the situation on hand…" Nicholas began, "I'm fine with joining."

"Me too."

"I am fine with it."

Ari looked surprised, "R-Really? I thought you would be more hesitant b-because of your family…"

"You know we have good hearing?"

"Umm….yes."

"Then you should know that we heard your conversation last night."

"Oh…." She replied, embarrassed.

"We talked about it last night. I'd rather not go into specifics, but as coven leader you can order us to tell you."

She swallowed, "No. I'm fine. I don't need to know unless it'll affect you greatly and you want to talk about it."

"Great." Nicholas replied, "Shopping?"

"Yeah."

"Stay out of trouble and call us if you need assistance."

"We will." Ari chimed. "Wait, you have a cellphone?"

He rolled his eyes, "Yes. And if you asked me that, that means you must also not have our numbers."

"Erm, can I have it?" she asked. "Just call me, my phone number is (123)-300-4135."

"Mine's (123)-300-4136."

"Here's mine, (123)-300-4137. You can text, call, etc. We have it all."

Nicholas whistled, "I love how your numbers are so unique." He chuckled.

Ari rolled her eyes, "That's why my brother always gets our numbers confused. That and it's our fault because we also because we kind of use our phones interchangeably. Whatever phone we grab first is the phone we use. Unless we want to play some app or something, then we'd find our own phone."

"Okay. We have your numbers. We're calling now. Calling any of us is fine." Nicholas said, as the girls phones rang with different numbers.

"Got it. Thanks." Ari nodded.

NIGHT-TIME

Ari entered the club, noting the lowlights and the smell of alcohol in the air. The man at the counter greeted her, "Hello. I'm sorry, but we don't allow foreigners here. Safety issues. You have to sign a waiver first."

"Ummm, I'm here to talk to Gin."

The man raised an eyebrow, "Who are you to talk to the boss?" he muttered. He eyed Cassie and Mara. "Unless you're coming here to ask for work."

"We're not here to work." She replied.

"Then you've got no business here. The only people who've got business here are our clients and potential hostesses. If you want to go to a host club, the male one is next door. While we are one business, we are separated if you didn't noticed." The man said pointedly, "Now if you excuse me, there are men behind you."

She raised an eyebrow, "Call Ai here. Or Miyagi. Eri. Yuki. Kana. Or Gin himself." She replied, "And how can you speak English so well?"

"I lived abroad for a few years." The man replied, "Why should I call the higher ups for you?"

"Because I asked you nicely?" she offered.

"Um, no." the man replied arrogantly. "I'm not calling the big bosses for some random girl."

Cassie had gotten visibly irritated and with a loud yell, "GINZOU! KANA! ERI! YUKI! MIYAGI! AI!"

Moments later, Miyagi came in, walking at human pace. "What's the problem?"

"Manager!" the man squeaked.

"What's the problem?" Miyagi asked, frowning.

"They came and demanded to see you!"

"Okay. First off, we didn't demand. We asked nicely, but you wouldn't call them."

"I don't know you!"

"They're fine." Miyagi replied. "She's Gin's god-daughter."

"I didn't know Gin had a god-daughter."

"Well he does and you know he has a temper despite his normal happy-go-lucky attitude. If she says you've treated her rudely, you're out on the job."

"I need the job." The man protested. "I won't make the same mistake again."

Miyagi shrugged, "Don't tell me. Beg to the boss."

"I won't tell my god-father." Ari promised quietly. "I just promised to see him today."

"T-Thank you."

Ari nodded, "No problem."

"Follow me." Gin nodded. He led them deeper into the club past hostesses and men. Some men actually whistled at one of them and Cassie had cussed more than once every time she heard or felt something too close for comfort. "We're doing some training today in the basement otherwise we would have heard you sooner."

"Oh." She said slowly, "I just wanted to tell you, maybe you could ask the others later if they're interested."

He raised an eyebrow, "Interested in what?"

"I'm starting a coven and….I just wanted to ask if you wanted to join."

"Join?"

"Yeah, I heard that you guys aren't in a coven. If you join, it's not like I'll make you go wherever I go. You can stay here, but that's it. Just if anyone asks, you say you're a part of my coven. Of our coven."

"I see. I'll discuss it with the rest. I think a few of the others may be interested. I am interested, but I've got that goofy man of a boss that requires me to manage the store. Though, I do think you should still ask personally even if you're nervous."

She nodded, "My god-father is a bit of an odd-ball isn't he? And, I don't know, it's kind of awkward…"

"More than an odd ball." Miyagi rolled his eyes. "Mind if I smoke?"

"You smoke?"

He shrugged, "I'm a vampire. Can't die, so I smoke. Doesn't taste good or smell good, but it's an old habit of mine."

"Go ahead." Ari told him as he took out a cigarette and lit it up. He blew out a puff of smoke, "Ahh, that hits the stuff."

"Hey can I ask you a question since I'm going to ask them if they want to join or not?"

"Shoot." He breathed out another puff of smoke.

"Okay well this will be questions, but why are you taking this so calmly? It's rather unexpected, don't you think?"

"Not really. We knew that Gin was going to suggest you make a coven since you travel with vampires already. And that you'd ask us since Gin made you his god-daughter. He probably is joining and was going to make us join, but you said to let us make a decision. You are interesting, we live for the interesting. We respect Gin despite the goofball he is. We follow his decisions. He's probably staying here even if he's joining you with his mate."
"….you're amazing…" Ari muttered.

"Thank you." He led them down stairs, unlocked a couple of doors, some of them creaking as they opened.

"Helllloooo my beautiful god-daughterrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!" Gin screeched as he bounced over to her. He gave her a light hug despite the speed he was coming at her with.

She returned the hug, "Hello."

"So what was all the yelling I heard up there?" he asked, curiosity on his face.

"Oh nothing." She replied to him, "I'm here to ask the others something."

"KANA! SHE'S NOT HERE TO SEE ME!" Gin replied, releasing as he latched onto his mate, dry sobbing.

Kana patted him awkwardly, "I'm sure she will talk to you later. Let's go upstairs. I have a feeling she wants to talk to them alone."

"O….Okay." he turned to Ari, "Come up later?" he asked, hope shining on the face.

"Yeah. I'll come up after, god-father." She replied. He nodded, leaving with Kana in tow.

Turning, she nodded to the vampires here, "Hi some of you know me, some of you don't. I'm Aria. That's Cassie. That's Mara. And the vampires, starting from the left is Nicholas, Adam, Yale and Brecken." She introduced themselves, "Reason is, we're starting a coven and we're extending an offer if you want to join or not."

"Pretty unexpected. Did you want us to all say yes right now?" Ai said dryly.

"No. It's an option. I'm not going to force you and I'm not telling you anything else. You can stay in Tokyo. All it is, is when someone asks who you are you just introduce yourself with the coven name."

"Why are you starting a coven?"

"To be honest with you, I don't know." She admitted truthfully. "I didn't plan to start one. I'm planning on traveling around. Eventually, I'll have to go back to the U.S., but it'd be cool."

"You're a human."

She shrugged, "My parents and family are firm believers in witchcraft or wizardry."

"Oh?"

"Yeah." She replied. Never in a million years had she imagined she'd ever, ever introduce herself and moments later admit that she's part of a witch/wizarding family. When she was younger, she had always kept it under the wraps. "Ah, but I'm also running from the Volturi. I don't think they'll chase me, but I'm just giving you a heads up."

"Yeah. We know."

"All right. I'm going upstairs."

"Yeah. You should. Gin's starting to pace 'cause you're taking forever." Miyagi muttered.

"Yup. Bye." She waved, leaving, "Have fun with your training." She heard moans of disagreement, and she swore she could have heard a "not with Miyagi here." Chuckling, she left.

OKAY. I'M DONE. Since it's only two chapters away (before they do whatever it is they did in my one-shot), these chapters are abnormally long, so I apologize if it's super boring for you or whatever. I apologize if my characters are too mary-sue or if the twilight characters are too OOC. Leave a review! :) Sorry if it's late.

Next time, they're going to either Ireland or Scotland. Let me know where you want 'em to go!

Ah, also, I can't come up with a coven name, someone want to give me some good coven names?